Discuss The Opening Chapter Of Dorothy's Happy Birthday Chapter Summary

For Vivian, she wears the Claddagh necklace that was given to her by her grandmother before Vivian and her family left Ireland and leaving behind her extended family. For Molly, she wears the three charm necklace that her father provided her as a way of identifying who she is.

The Wizard of Oz is a classic known by all. The plot is fairly simple. Poor bored Dorothy is sick of her normal boring life on her Aunt and Uncles farm in Kansas and decides to run away to a more exciting life. Her plans are changed when she meets a fortune teller who convinces her to go back home. Unfortunately, as she is headed back home a horrible storm starts and she and her dog Toto are blown away, along with her house. When she lands, she comes outside to see that she has landed on a person with red shoes. She is met by tiny people and a witch called Glinda who tells her that she has landed on and killed the Wicked Witch of the East. Dorothy tells Glinda she wants to go home, and Glinda tells her if she follows the yellow brick road she will end up in the Emerald City where the Wonderful Wizard of Oz can help get her home.

Harry and Sally run into each other again in a bookstore five years later. They have coffee and talk about their previous relationships; Sally and Joe broke up because she wanted a family and he did not want to marry, and Harry's relationship ended when Helen fell in love with another man. They take a walk and decide to be friends. They have late-night phone conversations, go to dinner, and spend time together. Their dating experiences with others continue to inform their differing approaches to relationships and sex.

The final theme of memory is shown as Granny weaves in and out of reality and memories of her past. She seems to find strength from being left at the alter and then finds comfort in the memories of her late husband, John, and her children. The memories of the other man make her a bit uneasy with thoughts that her children would find the letters in the attic. There is one moment that she actually wants to tell her daughter to find George and “be sure and tell him I forgot him.”

However, in the March before Lori’s graduation, they discover the piggy bank smashed, and Lori blames her father for the incident. He had gone awol for three days prior. The issue seems unresolvable until Jeannette is offered a summer long babysitting job, along with a bus ride home. Instead, Jeannette tells her employer to take Lori, and provide a one way ride to New York. While Lori discovers in New York, Jeannette occupies herself with the Wave and begins planning to leave to New York before even graduating high school. Her father makes a last minute attempt to persuade her into staying, bringing up plans of the Glass Castle and dreams to build it. However, his tactic fails and Jeannette’s mind remains unchanged. She moves in with Lori and gets her first city job at a burger joint. This is until her internship leads her to being hired for the Phoenix newspaper. Brian soon moves in with Lori and Jeannette as well, and Jeannette’s boss encourages her to go to college. She attends Barnards, and in no time at all they find themselves harboring Maureen as well. Three years later,

In the middle of the trip to Aunt Ida's, Rayona wonders what will happen to her. Standing on a hill overlooking Ida's house, Christine runs and leaves Rayona. In a short lapse of time, Rayona has lost her mother and gained an unwilling caretaker. The treatment from both women causes Rayona to question her own value as a person; she finds herself of little worth. As life on the reservation slowly progresses, Father Tom befriends Rayona. While the priest's intentions are innocent, he ends up causing Rayona to feel more poorly about herself. So Rayona runs, she tries to escape from her difficulties at the reservation. At the lake, she decides to begin a new life. Several things happen to Rayona at the camp. The ways her co-workers behave toward her depress her further, and then the letter she finds causes her to want what is perceived as a normal life. Though also at the lake, begins a turning point for Ray

In this book by Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler there are one hundred eighty-two pages which also includes the prologue, given, and the author's notes but in reality it isn’t that long just a single page. It took me about an hour to two hours to read it. I learned some facts about Japanese culture from the 1700’s: the were geishas which entertained men not in a inappropriate way at least not in the book but entertainment in songs, stories, and such. I also learned more about the main character Seikei and how he came to be the Judge’s son which is expected when you read a book that was made after this one which is what I did when I read “The sword that cut the burning grass.” Also it taught me to look for alternate solutions to problems and that

In The Wizard of Oz, the ordinary world and the beginning of the adventure are presented with stunning visual effects. Dorothy, the protagonist, is shown struggling in her ordinary world. She is confronted by the mean neighbor Miss Gulch who wants to take away Dorothy’s dog Toto and give him to the animal control authorities because of Toto’s bad behavior. Dorothy reacts childishly with a temper tantrum, begging her Uncle Henry and Aunt Em not to let Miss Gulch have her way. She confronts Miss Gulch when she tries to take Toto, saying, “You wicked old witch! Uncle Henry, Auntie Em, don't let 'em take Toto! Don't let her take him -- please!” (The Wizard of Oz). In a fit of temper, Dorothy decides to run away because she thinks that it is the only way she can protect her dog from Miss Gulch. The plot picks up the story of Dorothy’s life at a rather bleak point. Dorothy is portrayed as powerless and directionless and she does not appreciate the gifts she has in her family and life. Her character flaws and areas of growth are clear from such behavior. She seeks to be the leader of her own life but she lets temper get in the way of her enacting effective change. Furthermore, in her decision to run away Dorothy shows that she does not appreciate those who love her or the blessings of her loving home.

In the movie: It tells the story of a girl named Dorothy, who ends up in a tornado and gets hurled away from her farm in Kansas to a land that is not like anything she has experienced before. After Dorothy’s house falls and kills the Wicked Witch in the first scene, Dorothy is welcomed by the Munchkins. The kind witch, Glinda, appears and explains to Dorothy that in order to find out about getting back home, she needs to follow the yellow brick road. This road leads her to Emerald city, where she must ask the grand Wizard to get her back to Kansas. Along her way down the yellow brick road Dorothy encounters some characters who all have something they want to ask the wizard. However, when they finally arrive at the Emerald City, they discover the wizard is just a fraud and that everything they had been searching for they can find deep within themselves (metaphorically rather than physically).

What do I need to do? Dorothy ask. We are going to open this door and you need to go through it. Mirana said. I really do not know what to say to Time. Dorothy said. Mad Hatter was going to help Nivens find Alice but they got separated. Mirana said.

As in many fairy-tales, special gifts are presented to the children. Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Which, and Mrs. Who, accompany them on the hill overlooking Camazotz, assuring in a fairy-godmother manner that they "will be near, and they will be watching" then one by one they Give a precious talisman for each child. Calvin is given his "ability to communicate" and a piece of Shakespeare's The Tempest, Charles Wallace is given "the resilience of his childhood" and a caution to "remember that you do not know everything." Meg, much to her dismay, is given her faults, and much to her surprise, Mrs. Who's wacky glasses. With only these gifts, and each other to lean on, the children now begin to test their limits as they are forced to rely on their own thoughts and decisions in search for Mr. Murry.

Also these items can reflect the strong symbolism in it. Faulkner used a rose, but De Maupassant used the necklace to represent the main character’s emotions in two items. The difference in those symbols is that a rose has only appeared on the title but the necklace is the whole flow of the story. Faulkner leaves the reader to interpret the rose’s symbolic meaning. The rose is usually a powerful symbol of love, it always has been, and portrays an everlasting beauty. Moreover, the rose has been used for centuries to illustrate an eternal type of love and faithfulness. Therefore, readers can infer the meaning that the rose present in the title, and portray it to Emily that she does not have love in her life. The necklace, however it is the important items that lead to the climax of the story. It is pretty but worthless, shows the awareness of appearance and real world. Also, the fake necklace shows Mathilde’s desire to be something she is not.

When she meets her co-worker Travis, he is a charming man who uses his good looks to make women believe his words and he is married to his boss Mauser’s sister, she falls for him anyway. Eventually, Mauser fires the narrator from the job because he discovers her and Travis embrace in the office. She also finds out that Travis manipulates her against Mauser. She suddenly becomes a loser because of losing her

William joins the military and while he’s gone Margaret invites William’s mother Mrs. Anglin and brother Marshall to her parents’ house for dinner, which doesn’t go well because Mr. and Mrs. Ryder refuse to sign in an even more awkward silence. William comes back injured but not crippled and they live with her parents until he’s accepted into college. Margaret’s parents are sad to see her go but as soon as they can they go see her and it was unannounced. Margaret’s parents are very upset to see the place where she’s living and go to sign how upset they are that William hasn’t provided better for their daughter. Her parents never visit her again. The next time Margaret sees her parents is when she’s very pregnant to let them know that they’ll be grandparents. Lastly William and Margaret move into better housing where they will raise their child till William graduates from college. Margaret and William invite everyone to their baby shower after the birth of their son and her parents show up after everyone has gone. Margaret is upstairs with her son and William answers the door and her parents surprise her. When they see each other all the turmoil between them is gone and they enjoy each other’s company. The movie ends with Janice’s retirement party where Abel, Margaret, William and their son go and Janice’s signs a speech that Margaret

Throughout the story the title "The Necklace" becomes several other symbols, for example when Mathilde loses the necklace and makes the decision to be dishonest, the necklace becomes a symbol of Mathilde's greed and the severe consequences that came with it. After all, the necklace is the reason why Mathilde's life went into extreme poverty and unhappiness.